M is for Modest. Are you?

I am 18, and have decided that I want people to be able to see who I am as a person without being distracted by what I'm wearing. I also agree that modesty is more than an outfit; it's an attitude. You can be wearing a raincoat, but if you're being suggestive with movements or speech (flirting), that can also be a form of immodesty.

Well at my school we have to wear really ugly, plain-looking uniforms. For some reason i can never find polos that actually compliment my body, and don't make me look like i'm swimming in them. My friend gets the children's sizes, so they are very tight and really aren't modest.... but she does look good!

Yet her boyfriend is a total player and she always tries to "dress to impress" him. And my boyfriend is a sweet christian guy who really respects me. Her friends say she's hott, mine says i'm beautiful.....

which would you rather be?

Now obviously this is a wierd and kinda self-righteous example. but it's completely factual.

i think you can dress really cute in a modest way. i wear bermuta shorts a lot and love to layer.

its very important to guard our brother`s eyes, and not help them stumble.

I like to layer, especially with tank tops. If I wear a low cut shirt, or even a V neck, I usually wear a tank under. I'm not into mini skirts or short shorts, but you could easily wear leggings or tights. And with summer dresses or one's without straps, I will put on a light over shirt or jacket.

its important to be modest in the way we dress - as well as the way we act. I agree that it says alot about the way we think of ourselves and relate to others.

I completely agree with the layering and stuff the other girls talked about.

I heard a guy say that he thinks that it is wrong that Christian girls even have immodest clothing that they have to layer. But, they don't really understand that this is how they make clothes now. And that they are meant to be layered. I mean, we are layering at least. It would be a big deal if we weren't.

But my advice is that most clothes can be made modest. If you have a short skirt or dress, wear legggings or skinny jeans underneath. Spaghetti strapped top, wear a shrug over it or a shirt underneath. There's a fashion fix for almost everything. =)

And guys appreciate it. The other day, a Christian guy that I know told me how awesome he thinks it is that I am concerned modesty and purity.

Just think about it...the guys that we actually WANT to attract are NOT the ones that are drawn in by immodest clothing.

I think i'm modest because i don't wear big hoops. I don't wear inappropriate cothes. I wear a little of black. I know everyone has wore black before.

I completely agree with this. I try very hard to dress modestly and protect my brothers in Christ, and there is still a non-Christian guy who sits next to me in Spanish class, looking me up and down. I get really creeped out by it. But I took this from it: Tte non-believers look at you in th wrong way anyway. Why encourage it even more?

I really beliive that modest is the hottest because u are covered but yet still cute and in style. Yet all the imodest people may still get all the attention but God gives u just as much attention as all the people give the imodest people...

I have a question for u guys ''would u rather get attention from people or from God??''

At my school we are only allowed to wear things knee length or lower. NO holes in the jeans above your knees. No baggy pants and absolutely no big baggy shirts and no opened toe shoes (flip flops sandals)etc. For girls you can't where anything that shows clevelage. You are probably thinking why no baggy big shirts, or no shorts, no holes in jeans that are above your knees??? Those are all kind of the style but my school is not a christian school but all the teachers and staff are. No baggy shirts because you can hide guns,drugs,or etc. under that. Nothing that shows any skin because you might think that you arent immodest when you wear things like that because you think about what you are wearing. Other people don't think what they are wearing and just want attention. Like short shorts a girl at my old school had one on and was not appropriate at all. No open toed shoes because when we have fire drills we go to the old football field and they dont cut the grass there and there is glass and things so we don't cut our feet.

Most guys think that they are cool when the butt pockets of there jeans reach the back of there knees. IT IS NOT!! Trust me it looks nasty!! They wear long shirts over it to cover it up. Then when they run and play in gym there pants come off!! Not a pretty sight to see all the time!

God wants us to be modest and not immodest. He is watching you and knows what you are thinking. 1 Samuel 16:7 - "The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart."

One thing I was at the store with my girlfriends and we walk around acting silly and playing trying on Old ladies clothes. Anyway we went into one store and the guardian that brought us was in a different store, well we were having fun dressing up and we walked over to the "juniors" section which we all fit into. They had the most innapropriate things ever!! On skirt that I thought was cute I tried it on I could not even touch my toes before I felt it rising up! One shirt my friend tried on looked like a bathing suit it didn't even cover the parts it should've covered it was terrible!! We got out of that store ASAP!!